Energy, environment, and resources | renewable energies

Start Page
8
End Page
18
Citation
In: Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources: 8-18 (2024)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/B978-0-323-96022-9.00137-7
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105000605612
Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
978-0-323-95822-6
978-0-323-96022-9
The steady increase in global primary energy demand in the past has led to a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute significantly to climate change. To mitigate the latter, the energy demand must be met more sustainably, which requires an unprecedented expansion of renewable energies. In this context, the question arises whether renewable sources of energy have sufficient global potential to meet the steadily increasing demand in the future. Against this background, this chapter contrasts the necessary expansion of renewable energies with the technical potentials available worldwide and attempts to answer the question of whether a mostly renewable energy supply would be possible on the basis of technical potentials.
Subjects
Bioenergy
Development scenarios
Fossil fuels
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hydroelectricity
Primary energy demand
Renewable energy
Solar energy
Technical potential
Wind energy
DDC Class
600: Technology